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addition

addition

34 1.0
To find a total by combining two or more numbers
  • noun
  • /əˈdɪʃən/
translation icon : suma
  • In mathematics, addition is the process of combining numbers to find their total.
  • addition and subtraction
  • addition and multiplication
  • single-digit addition

They have a rule both for addition and for multiplication.

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Examples

  • The result is the sum of sequences of addition and shift operations.

    Academic text (1996)
  • It was a simple mistake in addition.

  • So let us now do exactly this addition using complex numbers.

  • All right, well, let me walk through and do some thinking and do some addition and see what I come up with.

  • Imagine, for example, I ask you to engage in a complex addition problem.

  • So it's just like vector addition, all right.

  • For Lessons 1 through 13, students worked on addition flash cards.

    Academic text (2015)
  • So that's how you perform addition in these groups.

  • They have a rule both for addition and for multiplication.

  • All pupils need to acquire proficiency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

summation
vsaddition
5 4.8

The total you get when you add things together

is specifically the process of finding a total by combining numbers

Antonyms

11 1.1

Taking one number away from another to find the difference

Idioms

453 1.2

Adds extra information

Compounds

addition reaction
  • Specialized
4.5

Two small molecules join to make a larger molecule

matrix addition
  • Specialized
4.4

Add the numbers in the same places of two matrices to make another matrix

How Complex

exponentiation
  • Specialized
1 8.6
addition
34 1.0
counting
111 1.0

Surface Forms

addition singular
additions plural

Morphology

addition = add (transparent) = add + ition

Standard nominalization of 'add' referring to the mathematical operation (the act/process of adding).

Etymology

Addition comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and dare 'to give', and shares the root with the verb add. In math, addition is like 'giving' numbers to each other or joining amounts to find the total, which is why we call the process 'addition'.